Bovine teat cleaning process using dry powder reagents

Abstract

Animals have been domesticated and kept as a source of milk for tens of thousands of years. When humans keep animals for their ability to produce milk, the animals are usually kept in confined spaces. As a result of this confinement the animals are exposed to high levels of urine and fecal matter which originated with the animals which are being kept. This exposure contaminates the animal and in particular the udder and teats of the animal, with bacteria. In the milking process this bacteria can further contaminate the milk which is destine for human consumption. The bacteria can further cause mastitis in the bovine. The above set forth problems are eliminated in the subject invention wherein the udder and teat areas of the bovine are sanitized with a solution which contains both Cl+ and I+ ions wherein the I+ ion is produced by the oxidation of a solution of a dry iodine salt, without an N-chloro organic compound. The iodine salt may be an alkali metal iodide, an exemplary oxidizer is tricholormelamine.

1. A process for sanitizing the udder and teat areas of an animal which comprises applying an effective amount of a sanitizing solution, which contains both active I and Cl ions wherein the I ions are produced by the oxidation of sodium iodide with a trichloromelamine and wherein the concentration of the active I ion is about 300 ppm, and the concentration of the Cl ion is about 300 ppm, and the pH is from about 3 to about 4. 
     
     
       2. The process of  claim 1  wherein the pH is 3.5. 
     
     
       3. A process for sanitizing the udder and teat areas of an animal, comprising:
 adding a powdered iodine salt to water to form a solution; 
 adding trichloromelamine to the solution to the solution to produce a sanitizing solution containing active Cl and I ions, wherein the I ions are produced by the oxidization of the iodine salt with the trichloromelamine, the concentration of the active I ion is about 300 ppm, the concentration of the Cl ion is about 300 ppm, and the pH of the solution is from about 3 to about 4; and 
 applying the sanitizing solution to the udder and teats area of the animal. 
 
     
     
       4. A process for sanitizing the udder and teat areas of an animal which comprises applying an effective amount of a sanitizing solution, which contains both active I and Cl ions wherein the I ions are produced by the oxidation of sodium iodide with a trichloromelamine and wherein the concentration of the active I ion is from about 50 to about 10,000 ppm, and the concentration of the Cl ion is from about 10 to about 1,000 ppm, and the pH is from about 1 to about 7. 
     
     
       5. The process of  claim 4  wherein the concentration of the active I ion is from about 200 to about 750 ppm. 
     
     
       6. The process of  claim 4  wherein the concentration of the Cl ion is from about 100 to about 300 ppm.